SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK
| Name | CORONA |
| Type | Cargo |
| Yard Number | 757 |
| Launched | 22/11/1919 (Reported launched as SYVSTJERNE for Herman Jacobsen & Co., Sarpsborg) |
| Completed | 03/1920 (Trials 03/03/1920, delivered 07/03/1920) |
| Off. Number | |
| Engine builder | Smith's Dock |
| Engine type | T 3 cyl |
| GRT | 3264 |
| Length (feet) | 334.2 (345 o.a.) |
| Beam (feet) | 48 |
| First owner | D/S A/S Corona (H. M. Wrangell & Co. A/S), Haugesund |
| Fate | 05/02/1943
Torpedoed by U617 in convoy Alexandria-Benghazi. Taken in
tow to Tobruk and beached in heavy weather. There are
differing reports of her being raised and sinking again - Raised 21/12/1943, sank again 17/12/1943, OR Raised 12/1944, sank again 01/01/1945, OR Refloated 17/10/1947, sank 19/10/1947 20 m N of Derna (Ref. Lloyd's War Losses) |
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